Wednesday, January 11, 2012

ED505 Introduction

Hello, everyone.  My name is Stacy Warren, and I am a fourth grade teacher in Alabama.  I have been teaching for 11 years, and this is my second year in fourth grade.  Previously I taught first grade for eight years and third grade for one year.  I really love fourth graders, and I hope I get to stay in fourth for a while.


I am married and have two beautiful children, a daughter and a son.  I am currently working on my masters degree in elementary education.  I only have 2 classes left after this term.  I am so excited.  It has been quite a challenge to work full time, be a good wife and mom, and go to school.  I wanted to get my masters degree because I had been out of the classroom for six years while my children were small.  A lot had changed in education in those six years, and I felt like I was behind.  Getting my masters degree has allowed me to get up to date on current teaching practices.  I feel like I am becoming a better teacher every day.  I love my students and my job.


I am looking forward to this class, ED505.  I am a bit technologically challenged, so I know I will learn a lot which will improve my classroom instruction.  I look forward to meeting my classmates and learning and working together this term.


Thanks,
Stacy

3 comments:

  1. You are so right about education changing. I think sometimes it changes from day to day. Good luck with the class.

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  2. Good to have you in class. I will say that technology is certainly one of the things that keeps education changing on a daily basis now. I hope you find some great stuff for your class in this course.

    Dr. Fowler

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  3. Stacy, I am looking forward to following your blog. Since we both teach 4th grade, hopefully we can share some ideas! I noticed that you are a fan of Waltkes's Web. I use this website in my classroom everyday!

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